172 Invention Quotes for You to Enjoy

Afternoon classes - that evil invention! John Gresham Machen

Evil Invention Classes Afternoon

In the field of outdoor sports, the American boy is easily capable of devising his own amusements, and until some proof is adduced that baseball is not his invention, I protest against this systematic effort to rob him of his dues. John Montgomery Ward

I've had to listen to candidates tell me they are the most wonderful thing since the invention of sliced bread, and it bores me to death. It also makes me doubt that they are actually any good at all - plus it's an attitude that would never fly in the culture I've created in my company. John Rampton

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Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age. Jonathan Swift

Age Youth Invention Judgment Talent

The invention of ethical and political doctrines, which blossomed into our own social sciences, is a product of times when things appeared manageable. The same goes for the criticism of those doctrines, though as a voice from the past, this criticism proved prophetic. Joseph Brodsky

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Invention, strictly speaking, is little more than a new combination of those images which have been previously gathered and deposited in the memory; nothing can come of nothing. Joshua Reynolds

Memory Invention Nothing Strictly Strictly Speaking Those More Combination New Come Been Than Which Little Speaking Images Gathered

I wish I owned stock in Nicorette. I love Nicorette. Best invention ever. Justin Theroux

Love Best Invention Wish Stock Owned Ever

And the invention of transformations of certain figures has become the most important in musical composition. Karlheinz Stockhausen

Invention Important Become Musical Composition Most The Most Important Transformations Certain Figures

But I'm an adventurer. I like invention, I like discovery. Karlheinz Stockhausen

Invention Adventurer Like Discovery

America demands invention and innovation to succeed. Kit Bond

Innovation Invention Demands America Succeed

The thriller is not a recent invention. It probably goes back to the dawn of storytelling. Lee Child

Invention Back Thriller Dawn Goes Storytelling Recent

The criminalization of file sharing is pathetic. It's so pathetic, it's almost funny. Imagine if the radio people would have lobbied for a federal law enforcement agency to raid all homes for illegal transmissions of moving picture experiments in order to stop the invention of television. It's ludicrous. Lexi Alexander

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It is the genius of our Constitution that under its shelter of enduring institutions and rooted principles there is ample room for the rich fertility of American political invention. Lyndon B. Johnson

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I love what the Valley does. I love company building. I love startups. I love technology companies. I love new technology. I love this process of invention. Being able to participate in that as a founder and a product creator, or as an investor or a board member, I just find that hugely satisfying. Marc Andreessen

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The real writer is one who really writes. Talent is an invention like phlogiston after the fact of fire. Work is its own cure. You have to like it better than being loved. Marge Piercy

Work You Better Invention Fire Own Fact Writer Writes Talent Like Real Cure Than Being After Loved Really Who

Having the benefit to our society, not only here in the United States but throughout the world with the amount of invention you get from having a space program, is well worth the risk that an individual like myself has to take by flying in the vehicle. Mark Kelly

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